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October 31, 2002

Press Contact: Laura Castro, UT Law Communications, 512-232-1229

Prof. Sanford Levinson's Legal Scholarship Honored at Tulsa Symposium

AUSTIN, Texas – UT Law professor Sanford V. Levinson's prolific scholarship, particularly his contribution to constitutional law theory, is the subject of the Second Annual Legal Scholarship Symposium on Oct.31-Nov.1 at the University of Tulsa College of Law.

The University of Tulsa and The Tulsa Law Review, sponsors of the symposium, selected Levinson because of his wide-ranging and impressive body of work. "Professor Levinson is highly thought of by the academic community, so we felt that it would be fitting to honor him with this symposium," said Sarah West, editor-in-chief of the Tulsa Law Review.

"I am extremely flattered and quite touched," said Levinson, who holds the W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair in Law and Professor of Government at the University of Texas. He is an internationally eminent constitutional law scholar who has written numerous articles and books. He is the co-author of the popular casebook Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking.

The panelists who will be participating in the Legal Scholarship Symposium include:

• Sanford V. Levinson, W. St. John Garwood & W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair, The University of Texas School of Law;
• Jack M. Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School;
• Martin H. Belsky, Dean & Professor of Law, The University of Tulsa College of Law;
• Sherman J. Clark, Professor of Law, The University of Michigan Law School;
  
• Stephen Feldman, Jerry W. Housel/Carl F. Arnold Distinguished Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, University of Wyoming College of Law;
• Paul Finkelman, Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law, The University of Tulsa College of Law;
• Mark Graber, Professor, Department of Political Science, and Director of Graduate Studies, University of Maryland;
• Frank I. Michelman, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard Law School;
• Elizabeth A. Reilly, C. Blake McDowell, Jr. Professor of Law, The University of Akron School of Law;
• Rodney K. Smith, Herff Chair in Law, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, The University of Memphis;
• Aviam Soifer, Professor of Law, Boston College Law School; and
• Mark Tushnet, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Constitutional Law, Georgetown University Law Center.

To obtain more information for the Legal Scholarship Symposium, please contact Rita Langford via email: rita-langford@utulsa.edu or call (918) 631-2560.

Levinson also teaches and writes about professional responsibility, jurisprudence, and political theory. He is author of Constitutional Faith (Princeton, 1988) and Written in Stone (Duke, 1998), and editor or co-editor of Constitutional Stupidities, Constitutional Tragedies (NYU, 1998), Responding to Imperfection: The Theory and Practice of Constitutional Amendment (Princeton, 1995) and Interpreting Law & Literature: A Hermeneutic Reader (Northwestern, 1988). His many articles have appeared in Yale Law Journal, Constitutional Commentary, Ethics, Philosophy & Public Affairs and elsewhere.

His recent articles include "The Canons of Constitutional Law" (Harvard Law Review, 1998). He is currently working (with Paul Brest, Akhil Amar, and J. M. Balkin) on the fourth edition of their popular casebook Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking (Aspen, forthcoming). He has been Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School and NYU School of Law, and is a member of the American Law Institute. In April 2001, Levinson was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the highest academic honors in the United States.

In addition, Levinson is working on an upcoming symposium on the Louisiana Purchase, which he describes as "the most important constitutional event in the 60 or 70 years after the Constitution's adoption." The symposium will be held at the University of Texas School of Law on Feb. 20-22.

Related links:
Professor Levinson: Faculty Bio
Professor Levinson Receives Highest U.S. Academic Honor